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of second dorsal, anal not distinct; caudal filament slightly over 

 twice in rest of body; pectoral 6%, reaches middle of ventral base, 

 width 1% its length; ventral I14 in head, rather obtusely pointed. 



Blackish above, with here and there clouded light areas, below 

 dark sepia. Vertical fins nearly black, somewhat paler basally. 

 Bluish tint on front rim of ventral. Length, 600 mm. (Dean.) 



Japan. 



CHIMAERA BARBOURI Garman 



Chimaera barbouri Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 51, No. 9, p. 255, 1908 



(type locality: Aomori, Japan). — Tanaka, Fishes of Japan, vol. 1, p. 16, pi. 



4, fig. 14, pi. 5, fig. 19, 1911. — Garman, Mem. Miis. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, p. 



88, 1911 (Aomori; off Otsu).— Tanaka, Jap. Fish. Life Colours, No. 38, 1933. 

 Bathyalopex hariouri Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, p. 118, 



1925 (reference). 

 Chimaera spilota Tanaka, Journ. College Sci. Tokyo, vol. 23, p. 15, 1908 (type 



locality: Off Miyako, Rikuchu ; Ishinomaki, Rikuzen). 



Head little over 5 in length to end of second dorsal, 2i/^. Eye 

 3% in head. 



Lateral line irregular, not in short waves; jugular branch meets 

 postorbital near junction of latter with suborbital and angular. 



Dorsal spine II/2 in head; dorsals united by low fold, interdorsal 

 shorter than base of first dorsal ; second dorsal 21^ times head length, 

 depth equals orbital length and depth in mid-length half as much, 

 border rising posteriorly to nearly anterior height; upper caudal 

 slightly deeper than longer subcaudal, caudal a filament; pectorals 

 large, reach ventrals, hind edges slightly concave; male with short, 

 stout claspers trifid, more than half their length, each of 3 branches 

 somewhat similarly expanded terminally. 



Blackish, with white spots on flanks. (Garman.) 



CHIMAERA AFRICANA Gilchrist 



Chimaera africana GnxHKisT, Marine Biolog. Surv. South Africa, Spec. Rep. 

 No. 2, p. 51, pi. 8, 1922 (type locality: Natal coast in 324 fathoms).— 

 Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 95, 1925 (copied). — 

 Norman, Discovery Rep., vol. 12, p. 47, 1935 (South Africa). 



Depth 10% in total ; head 8%. Snout 2^4: in head, ends in rather 

 robust convexity; eye 3, li/4 in snout; mouth before front of eye; 

 upper dental plate sharp, 5 columns on each side of jaw, with pro- 

 jecting irregular margin; lower dental plate similar, wider, on each 

 side of more numerous teeth, ill defined forms continuous cutting 

 edge deeply incised ; interorbital rather low. 



Lateral line straight. Cephalic appendage with 6 short spines. 



First dorsal spine 6% in total length, variable, anteriorly with 

 thin ridge bluntly serrated from base to % its length, on hind side 

 of groove bordered each side by sharp ridge or keel with low retrorse 



